Title :
Optically uniform carbon nanotube-polyimide nanocomposite: application to 165 fs mode-locked fiber laser and waveguide
Author :
Sakakibara, Y. ; Kintaka, K. ; Rozhin, A.G. ; ltatani, T. ; Soe, W.M. ; ltatani, H. ; Tokumoto, M. ; Kataura, H.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Japan
Abstract :
Optically uniform carbon nanotube-polyimide nanocomposite saturable absorber is obtained for the first time using a block-copolymerized soluble polyimide. With this material we demonstrate pulse-shortening,165 fs mode-locked fiber laser and waveguide.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; nanocomposites; optical polymers; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; 165 fs; block-copolymerized soluble polyimide; fibre waveguide; mode-locked fiber laser; optically uniform carbon nanotube-polyimide nanocomposite; pulse-shortening; saturable absorber;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
